The only thing I remember him mentioning is taking a short kung fu class at RIT. As a black belt in Isshinryu karate, I think I can say that taking 10 or so weeks of classes does not qualify as really significant martial arts qualifications. That said, Rym would still beat me in a fight on account of being in better shape.
A lot of people who claim to have martial arts training are really talking about taking fake tae kwon do or karate classes for a couple of weeks so I like to get clarification.
As for my own clarification I'm a Graduate 4 in Krav Maga and an unofficial Vzrosliy Razryad in Sambo.
I just listened to GeekNights 20060628 - Osamu Tezuka's Experiment on your legacy feed, and it seems you guys were intending to review more of these and do some final thoughts. Did that happen? Based on my search results, it did not.
I stopped watching that show after the first episode. As soon as I found out that the on/off switch was in her cooch, I found out that I hade just gotten everything I was going to get out of that show.
I stopped watching that show after the first episode. As soon as I found out that the on/off switch was in her cooch, I found out that I hade just gotten everything I was going to get out of that show.
Chobits gets a lot of shit for that, but it's first set of episodes are quite well done comedy especially if you watch the dub which is very good. In the second half, it gets really serious and backtracks on its thematic content, so if you like comedies with a little bit of dirty mind Chobits is alright.
Haruhi Suzumiya, on the other hand, is a very good show. It has some comedy, some drama and some affectionate critisims of the moe fad that's been going on in Japanese fandom. The first season is probably going to be remembered as one of the defining anime of the '00, avoid the second series and the movie unless you really, really like those characters.
BGG shows 20-30 deckbuilding card games. That genre is exploding. Puzzle Strike has been getting a lot of buzz as well but I didn't see more than 1 copy at PAX East, so I have yet to play it.
Yeah, but I'm talking in general. There's others besides Dominion. How about some Ascension!
BGG shows 20-30 deckbuilding card games. That genre is exploding. Puzzle Strike has been getting a lot of buzz as well but I didn't see more than 1 copy at PAX East, so I have yet to play it.
Even though the genre is exploding, Dominion is the one that is the dominant leader hands down.
Ascension is great because of the simple set up/tear down, Thunderstone is alright, but overall I'd stick with Dominion.
I think the only thing that can be said about card collecting games is what sort of strategy to use. The basic strategy is to basically get cards that help you with more card draw and purchasing power, also to to get cards to thin out your deck in the beginning to maximize your deck in the beginning. Also watch what your opponents are doing. If you are going for the same strategy, make sure you get the strategy off first. If you see too many people going for the same strategy, figure out a different/opposite strategy and get it start ASAP.
I don't know if I will be interested in anymore deck building games. There is another expansion to Dominion coming out this year and I'm pretty sure we'll be getting that. I'll have to look into them.
Hey, Rym and Scott. After hearing you discuss the competitive group puzzle solving game Spot It, maybe you should release a podcast about some similar types of games. You know, like Set and Ricochet Robots!
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As a black belt in Isshinryu karate, I think I can say that taking 10 or so weeks of classes does not qualify as really significant martial arts qualifications.
That said, Rym would still beat me in a fight on account of being in better shape.
As for my own clarification I'm a Graduate 4 in Krav Maga and an unofficial Vzrosliy Razryad in Sambo.
I just finished X'amd. Good show. Moving ending. I still have some WTF!?!?! style questions. EX: WTF!?!?! How and why are THEY still alive?
Haruhi Suzumiya, on the other hand, is a very good show. It has some comedy, some drama and some affectionate critisims of the moe fad that's been going on in Japanese fandom. The first season is probably going to be remembered as one of the defining anime of the '00, avoid the second series and the movie unless you really, really like those characters.
BGG shows 20-30 deckbuilding card games. That genre is exploding. Puzzle Strike has been getting a lot of buzz as well but I didn't see more than 1 copy at PAX East, so I have yet to play it.
Ascension is great because of the simple set up/tear down, Thunderstone is alright, but overall I'd stick with Dominion.
I think the only thing that can be said about card collecting games is what sort of strategy to use. The basic strategy is to basically get cards that help you with more card draw and purchasing power, also to to get cards to thin out your deck in the beginning to maximize your deck in the beginning. Also watch what your opponents are doing. If you are going for the same strategy, make sure you get the strategy off first. If you see too many people going for the same strategy, figure out a different/opposite strategy and get it start ASAP.
I don't know if I will be interested in anymore deck building games. There is another expansion to Dominion coming out this year and I'm pretty sure we'll be getting that. I'll have to look into them.